In the fall of 2012, Ms Dreadful and I decided to turn our attention back to our long-term project of hunting down seldom-visited or long-forgotten caves in New England. The History of “The Lost Counterfeiters Den” Posted in Cave, Geological, Historical, Subterranean by Tony T with no comments yet. Poet William Wordsworth deemed them to be the country’s most notable relics after Stonehenge. It is made of local red sandstone, carved with a spiral, a cup and ring mark, and concentric circles. The tallest stone is 3.7 meters high and stands outside the circle. Little Salkeld is also known for Long Meg and Her Daughters, a Bronze Age stone circle consisting of 51 stones (of which 27 remain upright). The village has a vicarage with no church and Little Salkeld Watermill that was built in 1745 and is still operating. It is said to be the original home of the Salkeld family of landowners and Salkeld Hall built in the 16 th century. The largest house in the village is the manor in Little Salkeld, confirmed by King Edward I. This name derives from the Celtic word ituna, meaning water, or rushing. On the west side of the village is the Eden River. A few miles north of the historic town of Penrith, is a small village called Little Salkeld. In Cumbria, England, is Eden Valley, a quiet part of the UK with its traditional towns and pubs, beautiful hamlets and sandstone villages, some dating back to Viking times. Posted in Archaeological, Cave, Historical, Subterranean by Michael with 4 comments. If it weren’t for the hardpan in which they are seated, I might suspect they were to divert or transport water over a property. Their appearance greatly resembles old Roman culverts that can still be found in England. The tunnels branching off in two directions did appear odd, but the corbel construction is something I have seen in other colonial tunnels in New England. I found the available descriptions and illustrations to be accurate. I had known of the tunnel for over 25 years and had always wanted to explore it. In late 2015, I had the chance to visit and explore this counterfeiter’s cave with My friends Jim, Michael, Tristen and Zack. Though he had and entire chapter that covered some that he found most interesting, there is one in Goshen, Massachusetts that will only be found in the index as a counterfeiter’s cave. These were man-made stone tunnels and chambers that can be found scattered across New England. There were also some entries he referred to as artificial caves. Clay Perry included many things in his books that would only be considered caves by the most generous definition.
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